Auden's "Musee des beaux arts" emphasizes the contrast between suffering and calmness: "While someone else is eating, or opening a window or just walking dully along." contrasts with the phrase "That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course". The poem's tone is of resignation. It uses contrast to explain the nature of humanity: "How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting
/For the miraculous birth, there always must be
/Children who did not specially want it to happen." The <u>aged</u> are reverent and passionate, while the <u>children</u> have an opposite feeling.
Brueghel's "landscape with the fall of icarus" uses contrast in many ways: the painting seems to be divided in two, the earth/ the sky and sea. The sky seems to be very expressive, with details such as the clouds and the light that add drama to the landscape, the presence of Icarus falling from the sky, transforms this space into the space of fantasy, myth and suffering, while the earth is quite the opposite. The earth, depicts, everyday actions, work, and a human being completely consumed by labor. The viewer sees and pays attention to the fall of Icarus, while the farmer doesn't, there is a sense of helplessness and the farmer's indifference makes the scene even more dramatic.
I would go with B but wait for some one else to answer just in case
Answer:
He has no intention of truly alleviating Hester’s suffering.
Answer and Explanation:
<u>"The Wretched and the Beautiful", by E. Lily Yu develops the theme of how refugees are perceived and treated, but does so through an impactful metaphor - aliens.</u>
In the story, the extraterrestrials that first appear on a beach are received with violence. Humans are quick to attack them, seeing them as dangerous, unwelcomed visitors. Those aliens ask for refuge, which then leads humans to confusion. They do not wish to help, to get involved in someone else's problems.
A second group of aliens arrive and convinces the humans that the first group consists of criminals. Humans are more than relieved when they realize they are not the ones who will deal with those first aliens.
It is important to notice that the first aliens had an atrocious appearance, while the second group was beautiful. How come humans accepted what the beautiful ones said as the truth, but not what the ugly ones said? Our judgment is quick. We are scared of what is different, of what is foreign, of what is helpless. We like what is similar to us, what will not demand anything from us.